MCZ Invertebrate Zoology AST-2688

Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846)

Date Collected:

1898-01-01/1898-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northeast: Norwegian Sea | between Norway and Beeren Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:AST-2688 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846) linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Notomyotida Benthopectinidae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2020-10-29
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: Source: World Register of Marine Species
Previous Identification
Pontaster tenuispinus var. platynota
Animalia Echinodermata Asteroidea Notomyotida Benthopectinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Remarks: var. written as platynotus in filemaker file. [Jennifer Goldstein]

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  • station number: 960

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23

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  • "Beeren Island" could be referring to Bear Island off the coast of northern Norway, but is likely referring to the island of Jan Mayen where Mount Beeren is. Confirm locality with specimen in hand. [Jennifer Goldstein]

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northeast
  • Sea:
  • Norwegian Sea
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • between Norway and Beeren Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • between Norway and Beeren Island
  • Depth:
  • 216 - 219 fms
  • Locality Remarks:
  • could be Norwegian waters or high seas.
  • Georeference:
  • 67.7225610°, 1.61620800° (Error radius: 535908m) By: Jennifer Goldstein on 2019-11-21 (Source: GeoLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1898-01-01 / 1898-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1898
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]
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